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September 3rd, 2008   Post 1611
The Other Guy
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Is it an M5? United States?
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September 3rd, 2008   Post 1612
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Nope, not American either.
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September 10th, 2008   Post 1613
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It looks like a Stuart M5A1, but the foreshortening effect of the photo is screwing me up. If you modify the photo (change the proportions on the vertical axis, it works better.

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September 10th, 2008   Post 1614
MontyB
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Quote:
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It looks like a Stuart M5A1, but the foreshortening effect of the photo is screwing me up. If you modify the photo (change the proportions on the vertical axis, it works better.

Dean.

Nope its not a Stuart M5 and it isn't American.

I will give a clue, it was designed by a Commonwealth country around 1940 but never saw service.
 
September 10th, 2008   Post 1615
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Cruiser Tank Sentinel AC1
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September 10th, 2008   Post 1616
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Cruiser Tank Sentinel AC1
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Yes indeed it is.

It's resemblance to US tanks stems from the design process which was based around using as many M3 parts as possible.
 
September 15th, 2008   Post 1617
MontyB
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Well I guess the 2 day marker has passed by again, anyone have a question?
 
September 16th, 2008   Post 1618
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What is this ship, and what was unusual about it's destruction?

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Last edited by perseus; September 16th, 2008 at 17:50.
 
September 18th, 2008   Post 1619
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What is this ship, and what was unusual about it's destruction?

It looks like the Tirpitz, which was sunk using a specially designed weapon, the Tallboy bomb.
 
September 18th, 2008   Post 1620
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The ship is a Hipper Class Heavy cruiser. It may even be the The Admiral Hipper. It may also be the Prinz Eugen or even the Blucher.
If it was the Blucher it was sunk by Norwegian shore batteries
If it was the Prinz Eugen it became an Atomic bomb target.
The Admiral Hipper was taken by the Americans or British at the end of the war.
Just asking: Why didn't I win?

Last edited by Papashah41; September 18th, 2008 at 04:03.